Formed in the late 1970s, they became known for extensive use of detournement and their intention to provoke their audience through the exposition of Situationist themes.

Formed in late 1981 by former Depeche Mode songwriter Vince Clarke ( synthesizer ) and Alison Moyet ( vocals ), Yazoo was signed to Mute Records in the United Kingdom and ( as " Yaz ") to Sire Records in the United States.

Formed in late 1972 by Andy Guhl and Norbert Möslang, Voice Crack were initially a free jazz duo.

Formed in Plymouth in late June 1940 following the Dunkirk evacuation, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel John Durnford-Slater, No. 3 Commando was the first British unit to use the title of " Commando ".

Formed in the late 1990s, Fireking has released one album, entitled " Live a Little, Love a Little ", which has generally received favorable reviews from critics.

Formed in 1982, synthpop band Information Society achieved mainstream success for a while in the late eighties and early nineties.

Formed in the late 1980s as an alternative metal band ( they picked their name after seeing the Russ Meyer film of the same name as part of a Russ Meyer triple bill-there was already a band named after Mudhoney and a band named after Faster, Pussycat!

Formed in late 1982 at the Batcave club in London ( where Nik worked ) by the Wades along with David James ( aka Yaxi Highrizer, guitar ) and Johnny " Ha Ha " Freshwater ( drums ), the band became known in the gothic scene for its psychobilly, dark electronic, industrial sound, heavy samples and loops and manic vocals.

Formed in the late 1980s, the I-Rails was an alternative independent rock band based in Oxnard, California.

Formed in 1986 by Nick Christian Sayer and Wendy James the band enjoyed chart success in the late 1980s.

Formed in late 1994 through a joint partnership between Australis Media, Columbia TriStar, MCA, Viacom and Tele-Communications Inc., Showtime started broadcasting in 1995 as part of the basic package on the now-defunct Galaxy service, showing first-run films.

** 1st Baltic Front: Formed from Kalinin Front late 1943.

Formed in the late 2001, Nastik became the new leader among the metal bands, solely because of the use of growling vocals ( aided by the fact that even though Ugrakarma is the first death metal band, they really never performed live ).

Formed in late 1918, it was re-formed in late 1919 from US volunteers.

Formed in 1994, the band went on hiatus in late 2001.

Formed by Mark Reilly ( vocals ), Danny White ( keyboards ), and the late Kito Poncioni ( bass ) in 1982 from the shards of the abandoned art pop group, Blue Rondo A La Turk, for their first album, Whose Side Are You On ?, they hired then unknown Polish vocalist Basia Trzetrzelewska.

Formed in the late 1940s, neighbors in the surrounding area bought shares to pay for the land.

Formed in the late 1890s by Circular Jack, Kid Yorke, and Goo Goo Knox the gang began operating from an apartment house on Hudson Street.

Formed in late 1993, Physics was heavily influenced by Krautrock, minimalism, and electronic music, though were often lumped into the math rock genre.

Formed in the late 1840s, by 1852 the teenage Daybreak Boys were suspected by police to have been responsible for 20 to 40 murders between 1850 and 1852 as well as stealing goods estimated at $ 200, 000.

Formed during the late 1860s by Little Freddie, " Sheeny " Mike Kurtz, and Johnny Irving, former members of the Italian Dave Gang, the Dutch Mob soon became one of the largest pickpocket gangs in the United States numbering around 300 members.

Formed in the late 1990s, JMJB came into spotlight through its murder spree in the North-western region of Bangladesh.

Formed in the late 1990s, the band have released five albums between 2001 and 2008.

Formed in 1967, the band cultivated a following during the 1970s and achieved significant commercial success throughout the 1980s.

Formed in Dayton, Ohio in the early 1980s, Guided by Voices began their career as a bar band working the local scene.

Formed in 1978, the band became closely linked to the burgeoning New Romantic fashion movement of the early 1980s, and are best known for their 1980 hit " Fade to Grey ".

* Brook Bright – guitar, vocals ( Formed band as City Kidd in early 1980s ) ( 1981 – 1983 )

Formed by Andrew Hewson in the early 1980s, Hewson Consultants became one of the UK's most successful computer game publishers.

Formed in Oslo, the band was influenced by 1980s alternative groups such as The Smiths and The Cure.

Formed in the early 1980s, a teenaged Leatherwolf emerged on the Southern California scene sharing bills with fellow OC metal acts such as Metallica, Witch, and Slayer at venues like the Woodstock and Radio City.

Formed in Basking Ridge, New Jersey in the early 1980s, Uncle Green consisted of Matt Brown ( guitar and vocals ), Jeff Jensen ( guitar and vocals ), Bill Decker ( bass and keyboards ), Pete McDade ( drums ), and Danny Giordano ( tambourine and vocals ).

Formed in 1990 out of the ashes of the seminal 1980s group Portion Control by founding members John Whybrew, Ian Sharp and Dean Piavani and released two albums on Third Mind Records and T. E. Q.

Formed in the late 1980s, its original members were Stokley Williams ( lead vocals, drums, percussion ), Ricky Kinchen ( bass guitar ), Homer O ' Dell ( guitar ), Larry Waddell ( keyboards, piano ), Keri Lewis ( keyboards, synthseizer ), and Jeffrey Allen ( saxophone, keyboards ).

Formed in Kent, England in the late 1980s, the band was well known for its garage rock sound, explicitly sticking to this format on almost all of their albums.

Formed by Harry Wayne Casey (" KC ") and Richard Finch, Miami's KC and the Sunshine Band had a string of disco-definitive top-five hits between 1975 and 1977, including " Get Down Tonight ", " That's the Way ( I Like It )", "( Shake, Shake, Shake ) Shake Your Booty ", " I'm Your Boogie Man " and " Keep It Comin ' Love ".

Formed in 1996, the band rose to international fame with their debut album Hybrid Theory, which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005 and multi-platinum in several other countries.

Formed in 1975, the RENAMO ( Mozambican National Resistance ), an anti-communist group sponsored by the Rhodesian Intelligence Service, and sponsored by the apartheid government in South Africa as well as the United States after Zimbabwe's independence, launched a series of attacks on transport routes, schools and health clinics, and the country descended into civil war.

Formed in 1989 by the G7 countries, the FATF is an intergovernmental body whose purpose is to develop and promote an international response to combat money laundering.

Formed by the Prussian Ministry of the Interior on April 15, 1919, for the purpose to allow citizens to protect themselves from looters, armed gangs, and revolutionaries.

Formed in 1928 by a group of intellectuals, the League sought a new era in national life that would witness a great political and social rebirth.

Formed by seven sporting societies with approximately 800 members, by 1892 the association had expanded to 62 societies with 7, 000 members.

Formed by some composers in the neighborhood of Estácio, including Alcebíades Barcellos ( aka Bide ) Armando Marçal, Ismael Silva, Nilton Bastos and the more " malandros " such as Baiaco, Brancura, Mano Edgar, Mano Rubem, the " Turma do Estácio " marked the history of the Brazilian samba by injecting more pace to the genre one performed, which has the endorsement of the youth's middle class, as the ex-student of law Ary Barroso and former student of medicine Noel Rosa.

Formed in 1918 immediately after World War I as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes by union of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs and the Kingdom of Serbia.

Formed at Hannoversch Münden by the confluence of the rivers Fulda and Werra, it flows through Lower Saxony, then reaching the Hanseatic-town Bremen ( see: Hanseatic League ), before emptying 50 km further north at Bremerhaven into the North Sea.

Formed by amalgamations of once-independent canals, the ' Leicester Line ' of the Grand Union Canal runs north from Norton Junction for about 35 miles ( 56 km ) until it reaches Leicester, where it joins the River Soar to provide a link to the River Trent and to the Trent and Mersey Canal.

The Magnetometer Support Unit: Formed to ensure that all persons entering secure areas occupied by Secret Service protectees are unarmed, the Secret Service began relying on magnetometer ( metal detector ) support by Uniformed Division officers to augment its protective efforts away from the White House following the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan.

Formed in 1903 by Emmeline Pankhurst, the WSPU brought together those who felt strongly that militant, confrontational tactics were needed in order to achieve women's suffrage.

Formed by a delta plain at the confluence of the Ganges ( Padma ), Brahmaputra ( Jamuna ), and Meghna Rivers and their tributaries, Bangladesh's alluvial soil is highly fertile, but vulnerable to flood and drought.

Formed in Hermosa Beach, California by guitarist and lyricist Greg Ginn, they played their first show in December 1977.

Formed in 1990 by the equal merger of Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting, BSkyB is the largest pay-TV broadcaster in the United Kingdom and Ireland with over 11 million subscribers.

Formed in 1989 by brothers Javier, Oscar, and Edgar Galvan, and friend Eddie Gonzalez, the band gained prominence in the mid-1990s with a string of hit albums.

Formed in the winter of 2007 by Seth Newton, Eric Trabucco, Brian Marcou, David Jewers ( 2007 – 2010 ) and Roderick Macdonald ( 2007 – 2008 ).

Formed out of Thurston County on December 22, 1852, by the legislature of Oregon Territory, it was named for U. S. President Franklin Pierce.

Formed by Gira in 1982, Swans employed a shifting lineup of musicians until their dissolution in 1997.

Formed originally as Henrico Shire, and shortly thereafter termed a " county ", Henrico County was named for Henricus, a community founded in 1611 by Sir Thomas Dale.